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ALPA critical of Philly security screening
PHILADELPHIA -- The US Airways unit of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has determined that US Airways is allowing security operations at Philadelphia International Airport to conduct inconsistent and arbitrary security screening procedures, which challenge and...
Minot cleanup effort continues
MINOT, N.D. -- A Canadian Pacific Railway official said that the railroad is kicking up its cleanup efforts several notches at the site west of Minot where a CP train derailed Jan. 18, the Minot Daily News reports. Darcie Park, a public relations officer with the...
NTSB to set cause of rail-truck crash
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- According to the Chicago Tribune, the probable cause of the fatal accident involving an Amtrak train and a steel-hauling truck near Bourbonnais three years ago will be determined at a public hearing Feb. 5 in Washington, officials at the National...
Michigan tests high-speed rail
CHICAGO -- For the first time in more than a generation, trains in the Midwest are whisking passengers along at 90 m.p.h., and Amtrak officials say the experiment on a 45-mile stretch in Michigan could become the model for a high-speed rail system throughout the...
Service restored after Metra derailment
CHICAGO -- Commuter trains on the Metra Milwaukee District North and West lines were back on schedule by early afternoon after a "minor" derailment today at the north end of Union Station in downtown Chicago, Metra officials said. At one point this morning, trains...
Lincoln-Omaha rail group given study funds
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Supporters of a potential commuter rail service between Lincoln and Omaha recently got some good news from Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Journal Star reports. Congress has approved a $200,000 grant to help pay for a feasibility study to build such a...
Minot spill sparks heightened concern over Olympic safety
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- One day after the Coalition for a Safe Olympics raised public concerns about unrestricted rail shipments of hazardous materials through Salt Lake City during the Winter Olympics, a deadly train crash in North Dakota heightened tensions about...
STB approves 7.5-mile BNSF line
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on January 28 that the Board has issued a decision granting final approval for The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) to construct and operate an...
Intermodal up, carload freight down slightly
WASHINGTON -- Intermodal traffic rose slightly while carload freight declined slightly during the week ended January 19 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on its website on January 24. Intermodal...
Amtrak appoints new head of the Northeast Corridor
PHILADELPHIA -- Amtrak's Northeast Corridor is getting a new chief executive with extensive political and government experience -- just in time for what could be a lively battle with Congress this year over the rail passenger corporation's future, the Philadelphia...
